Latest Tour de France News
Niewiadoma wins women's Tour de France by 4 seconds overall after Alpe d’Huez thriller
ALPE D'HUEZ, France (AP) — Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma did just enough in a thrilling battle Sunday with rival Demi Vollering on the iconic Alpe d’Huez to win the women’s Tour de France by four seconds overall. It was the smallest margin of victory in any Tour de France...
American rider Sepp Kuss takes on leading role as he begins title defense in Spanish Vuelta
MADRID (AP) — This time the spotlight will be on Sepp Kuss from the start as he tries to retain his Spanish Vuelta title. Kuss won last year's race over Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard, the top riders for Team Visma-Lease a Bike at the time. Roglic is now with...
AP PHOTOS: A race to capture the Tour de France before it flies by
The image of a cyclist in a field of grapes almost looks more like surrealism than photojournalism. A rider in a teardrop-shaped helmet and skin-tight racing suit hunches over his aerodynamic handlebars in the middle of a Burgundy vineyard with no road in sight. He is framed between...
Tadej Pogacar celebrates his 3rd Tour de France victory in style with another audacious stage win
Tadej Pogacar had no need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. Defending a lead of more than five minutes in Sunday's time trial, he was set to comfortably win the race for the third time and first time in three years, anyway. But defense has not been in his vocabulary...
Pogacar edges Vingegaard to add more seconds to Tour de France lead and match a 76-year-old mark
COL DE LA COUILLOLE, France (AP) — Tadej Pogacar equalled one Tour de France mark on Saturday and will likely match another on Sunday. Yellow jersey-holder Pogacar edged defending champion Jonas Vingegaard at the top of Col De La Couillole to win the 20th and penultimate stage and...
AP PHOTOS: The race to capture fleeting scenes from the Tour de France
It almost looks more like surrealism than photojournalism. A cyclist in a teardrop-shaped helmet and skin-tight racing suit hunches over his aerodynamic handlebars in the middle of a Burgundy vineyard with no road in sight. The rider is framed between a flag-waving woman and a man...
'Then it's gone forever:' AP photographers race to capture fleeting Tour de France scenes
It almost looks more like surrealism than photojournalism. A cyclist in a teardrop-shaped helmet and skin-tight racing suit hunches over his aerodynamic handlebars in the middle of a Burgundy vineyard with no road in sight. The rider is framed between a flag-waving woman and man...
Cavendish breaks Merckx’s record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory
SAINT-VULBAS, France (AP) — Mark Cavendish wrote a new chapter of Tour de France history in what is expected to be his last appearance at cycling's biggest race. The veteran Isle of Man sprinter broke Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins...
'It's our moment.' Girmay's Tour de France breakthrough comes as the cycling worlds head to Africa
Biniam Girmay grew up in Eritrea watching the Tour de France on TV each July with his father. He idolized three-time world champion Peter Sagan but never dared to dream of matching the Slovakian cyclist’s exploits. Then came Monday, when Girmay became the first Black...
Eritrea's Biniam Girmay becomes the first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Eritrea's Biniam Girmay became the first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage on Monday. Girmay said his sprint win in the mostly flat third leg was “for all Africans.” “We must be proud now. We are really part of the big races,” he...
